1 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:11,245 Milk Carton Boy was meeting somebody tonight. 2 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:12,713 Chris didn't strike me as the kind of guy 3 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:15,183 who needed a representative. Where is he? 4 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:16,884 - Get in! - [girls scream] 5 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:17,918 DIARRA: Who are you? 6 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:19,553 Detective Elias Marshall, retired. 7 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:21,489 That's Goldie Lucket, mob fixer. 8 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:23,224 You better hope she don't work for Zervas. 9 00:00:23,291 --> 00:00:25,559 He was my prime suspect in '95. 10 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:26,794 Tank missing. 11 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:29,363 - Who is she? - [screaming] 12 00:00:29,430 --> 00:00:30,898 This shit get ugly, 13 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:34,768 you and your whole independent nation getting drafted. 14 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:36,937 - You're still my wife. DIARRA: You couldn't go anywhere 15 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:39,440 in this city without running into one of Swa's siblings. 16 00:00:39,507 --> 00:00:41,109 I read the police report. 17 00:00:41,175 --> 00:00:43,277 MARSHALL: I wouldn't wipe my ass with that redacted bullshit. 18 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:44,578 You're a coward. 19 00:00:44,645 --> 00:00:46,180 The only one who knows what happened is me. 20 00:00:46,247 --> 00:00:48,649 DARRIA: I was still cloudy about a million things, 21 00:00:48,716 --> 00:00:52,786 but finally sure about one, I needed an answer. 22 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:55,156 Which meant I was seeing this shit through to the end. 23 00:00:56,857 --> 00:01:00,294 MARSHALL: Every cop's got their Deonte Brooks. 24 00:01:00,361 --> 00:01:02,696 The case you think you'll solve by lunch. 25 00:01:07,268 --> 00:01:08,736 Shit. 26 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:10,804 The first time you put on that detective badge, 27 00:01:10,871 --> 00:01:13,307 you think you're going to be a real hero. 28 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:16,877 Three decades later, you're driving Uber, hoping 29 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,880 to scrape together enough pesos to keep the lights on. 30 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:23,851 * Speaking of happiness * 31 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:28,722 * You never thought of mine * 32 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:32,993 * Mentioning loneliness * 33 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:37,698 * I feel lonely all the time * 34 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:39,767 * Ever since you went away * 35 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:41,869 It's John Zervas. It has to be John Zervas. 36 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:44,638 - There's no other way. - Fucking hell. Coincidence? 37 00:01:44,705 --> 00:01:46,374 This kid got taken 30 feet away 38 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,509 from the front for the Greek mob. 39 00:01:48,576 --> 00:01:50,178 CHAMBEERS: Of course, you catch a live hand grenade 40 00:01:50,211 --> 00:01:53,581 - first time up, kid. - You got something, newbie? 41 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:56,850 We ran every food court employee and this guy comes back. 42 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:59,520 John Zervas, known bagman for the Greek mob. 43 00:01:59,587 --> 00:02:01,422 Did I not say stay on the mother? 44 00:02:01,489 --> 00:02:04,225 My CI swears Mr. Greeks Express is nothing but a drug front. 45 00:02:04,292 --> 00:02:07,195 The kid wanders in, Zervas, working security, 46 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:08,496 has to keep him quiet. 47 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:10,298 CI puts him there just about every day. 48 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:12,333 - Gets in at noon. - You fucknuts deaf? 49 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:13,867 Guy's got an alibi. 50 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:16,770 Witnesses have him at Eden's Strip Club for the entire night. 51 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:23,277 John Zervas, long time. 52 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:25,779 I give my order to you, errand boy? 53 00:02:28,115 --> 00:02:32,853 I know you took Deonte. I'm gonna prove it. 54 00:02:33,721 --> 00:02:36,056 You ain't too bright, are you, kid? 55 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:39,760 I told you I was at the titty bar. 56 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:42,463 [speaking foreign language] 57 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:48,636 [indistinct chatter] 58 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:51,705 Excuse me, ladies. I need to go over your statements. 59 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,641 - John Zervas. - He done already told you. 60 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:56,877 - He was here the whole time. - Yup, the whole time. 61 00:02:56,944 --> 00:03:00,381 Now start sipping if you want to keep talking. 62 00:03:05,286 --> 00:03:08,889 - Captain's pissed. - He's a coward. 63 00:03:08,956 --> 00:03:11,359 You're going to get your butt thrown off this case. 64 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:14,295 Sometimes keeping your head down and your mouth shut 65 00:03:14,362 --> 00:03:16,264 - is a smart move. - I didn't ask you to come. 66 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:18,966 That's the thing about partners. You didn't have to. 67 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:22,169 Look, kid, I call these cases "fishbones." 68 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:24,305 They stick in your throat. 69 00:03:24,372 --> 00:03:26,774 You ain't comfortable as long as you feel them there. 70 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,912 But the truth is, if you don't find a child in the first 48, 71 00:03:31,979 --> 00:03:33,981 you probably ain't gonna. 72 00:03:38,352 --> 00:03:41,955 [rock music playing] 73 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:45,393 What kind of car did the mom say she saw again? 74 00:03:45,459 --> 00:03:47,361 Green Impala. 75 00:03:50,097 --> 00:03:52,433 - You ain't going solo. - If Zervas spots me, 76 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,002 I'm just a young hot shot. Won't follow orders. 77 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,737 You got your pension to worry about. 78 00:04:05,313 --> 00:04:08,849 [dramatic music] 79 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:13,687 * * 80 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,837 [gunshot, glass breaking] 81 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:37,811 Chambers, Chambers, no. Hey. 82 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:39,212 Who did this? 83 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:41,081 Who did this? Was it the Greeks? 84 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:43,784 [stutters, groans] 85 00:04:46,487 --> 00:04:48,456 What's up? 86 00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:50,391 I don't understand. 87 00:04:50,458 --> 00:04:52,593 Is that a star? 88 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:54,728 What does that mean? What does that mean? 89 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,029 I don't understand. What does that mean? 90 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,130 Chambers. No. 91 00:04:57,197 --> 00:04:58,932 Chambers. Hey. Open your eyes. 92 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:01,535 No, no, no. Come on, man. Hey, come on, man. 93 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:04,004 Looking for Deonte cost me everything. 94 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:08,108 And all I learned was there's a lot to be said for the unsaid. 95 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:09,710 "Sometimes keeping your head down 96 00:05:09,777 --> 00:05:12,112 and your mouth shut is the smart move." 97 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:14,915 It's your fishbone now. The coward. 98 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,384 DIARRA: I called Marshall a coward, 99 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:18,118 and I guess my words stuck. 100 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:20,888 Days later, he left his notebook on my doorstep. 101 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:22,990 I thought it meant he would help. 102 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:25,526 But the case was my fishbone now. 103 00:05:25,593 --> 00:05:29,029 And this asterisk drawing was a far cry from a smoking gun. 104 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:30,798 And I needed a bazooka. 105 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:35,102 * * 106 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,917 But I needed a reprieve. 107 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:55,188 I needed some sense of peace somewhere. 108 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:03,631 And, for a moment, I found it. 109 00:06:15,443 --> 00:06:17,778 I didn't mention the case or how it had put me 110 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:20,047 on a collision course with the Greek mob. 111 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:22,516 I kept my mouth shut about the cop who wanted 112 00:06:22,583 --> 00:06:23,984 answers about a murder. 113 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:26,053 And we sure as shit never talked about 114 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:27,788 the elephant in the room. 115 00:06:27,855 --> 00:06:29,957 My missing lover, size 13. 116 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:36,063 * * 117 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:42,970 [cell phone alert] 118 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:47,541 I had no idea what we were doing. 119 00:06:47,608 --> 00:06:50,277 And I didn't care to talk about it. 120 00:06:50,343 --> 00:06:52,212 It had been three nights of Danger. 121 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,548 I was up to four hours of sleep. 122 00:06:54,615 --> 00:06:58,586 The pancakes were bomb. The rules were unspoken. 123 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:02,490 * * 124 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:05,493 [siren blaring] 125 00:07:08,662 --> 00:07:10,163 [phone notification] 126 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:12,800 Girl, you smashing Danger? 127 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:15,268 I thought you was victimized by Milk Carton Boy. 128 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,371 DIARRA: We are not smashing. 129 00:07:18,506 --> 00:07:21,041 We are enjoying each other's company. 130 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:23,577 MONI: I seen the footprints in the snow back and forth 131 00:07:23,644 --> 00:07:26,279 from your place to his place. Three nights! 132 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:28,281 Bitch, your nosy ass. 133 00:07:30,551 --> 00:07:31,919 What the fuck? 134 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:33,153 How are you identifying tracks in the snow? 135 00:07:33,220 --> 00:07:36,123 You should work for Animal Planet. 136 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,358 MONI: If y'all ain't smashing, what y'all doing? 137 00:07:42,530 --> 00:07:44,698 You sure you good? You been weird. 138 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:51,338 I'm good. What's up with Zervas? 139 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:53,073 Black folks don't get involved with this kind of stuff, Swa. 140 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:54,207 I know, I know. 141 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,676 A dead white guy and a bunch of sex shit? 142 00:07:55,743 --> 00:07:58,679 - I mean, make it make sense. - Relax. Relax, okay? 143 00:07:58,746 --> 00:08:00,147 Do you know if she's a suspect? 144 00:08:00,213 --> 00:08:02,382 Not yet. They're leaning in. 145 00:08:02,449 --> 00:08:05,418 If they find out I gave her that goddamn file, 146 00:08:05,553 --> 00:08:07,187 all 'cause what? You feeling guilty? 147 00:08:07,254 --> 00:08:08,789 All right, so I'll talk to Diarra and this detective. 148 00:08:08,856 --> 00:08:10,123 Who's running it? Is it Polk? 149 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:12,359 - Ha. Holstein. - Oh, get the fuck out of... 150 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:14,161 - Is it Holstein? - Yeah, it's Holstein. 151 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:17,397 Fuck. All right. 152 00:08:17,464 --> 00:08:20,267 Okay, I'm gonna talk to him. Don't worry about it. I'm on it. 153 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:22,369 - All right? - All right, you better. 154 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:25,205 - How's it feel, Swa? - What's that? 155 00:08:25,272 --> 00:08:27,841 To finally be the one that fucked up. 156 00:08:31,912 --> 00:08:33,446 TEA: Okay, hold on, Dee, 'cause I'm not following. 157 00:08:33,581 --> 00:08:35,415 I gotta write this shit down. 158 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,917 Okay. Let me get this straight. 159 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:38,919 DIARRA: Outside my little Danger bubble, 160 00:08:38,986 --> 00:08:40,954 all my messes were waiting for me. 161 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:44,057 So, Ambien may have been avenging 162 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:45,659 his kidnapping instead of solving it, 163 00:08:45,726 --> 00:08:48,195 - and using you to help do it. - Uh-huh. 164 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:50,130 And you still want to find him because you're obsessed with it? 165 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,733 No, because Ambien owes me an explanation. 166 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,435 At this point, I want to smash because this shit is ridiculous. 167 00:08:55,502 --> 00:09:01,474 And Zervas is a powerful mob guy who kills cops and kidnaps kids. 168 00:09:01,609 --> 00:09:04,612 But we gonna find his weakness and take him down? 169 00:09:04,612 --> 00:09:05,879 - Yeah. - Sure. 170 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:09,416 Yeah, but, bruh, we got another problem. 171 00:09:12,953 --> 00:09:15,188 I can't get this nigga out my house. 172 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:19,326 [clears throat] 173 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:23,196 Bruh. Yo, bruh. Wakey, wakey. 174 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:27,234 - I got you a parting muffin. - Oh, that's so nice. 175 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:28,969 I'm not really a morning person, though. 176 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:30,704 I'll lock up when I leave. 177 00:09:30,771 --> 00:09:33,473 Bruh, ooh. Who fucking does that? 178 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:36,043 But I'm reasonable. I didn't trip. 179 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:37,077 [whistle blowing] 180 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:38,311 Then when I got home... 181 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:40,648 - Ah... - Fuck. 182 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:45,786 Ah... Did you want me to leave? 183 00:09:45,853 --> 00:09:48,321 'Cause I was gonna make you some salmon. 184 00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:50,123 - I could eat, yeah. - Yeah. 185 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:52,525 You're like a medium in pants here, right? 186 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:53,661 Yeah. How'd you know that? 187 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:56,196 [snickers] 188 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:58,966 Fuck. 189 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:01,935 [groans] 190 00:10:02,002 --> 00:10:03,136 I love salmon. 191 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:05,773 - How was it? - Sex was bananas. 192 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:08,275 The salmon? Pan-fried perfectly. 193 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,043 - Ooh. - The next morning... 194 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:14,381 What's up? Let me just finish this accent wall 195 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:16,650 before I bounce, okay? 196 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:17,918 This dude busting out canes 197 00:10:17,985 --> 00:10:20,120 of Benjamin Moore like he was on HGTV. 198 00:10:20,187 --> 00:10:22,656 Tea, your place could really use some color. 199 00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:24,658 I bet it looks nice. 200 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,393 - It did look nice. - Okay. 201 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,295 But no. I want him gone. 202 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:31,732 What am I supposed to do, huh? Fight him? 203 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:33,533 Call the police on another Black man? 204 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,969 I'm gonna ask you a very sensitive question. 205 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:37,270 Shoot. 206 00:10:37,337 --> 00:10:40,941 - Do you like this guy? - No, I'm not you. 207 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:44,277 - I'm not. I want him out. - Uh-huh. 208 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:45,612 [groans] 209 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,180 But... 210 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:50,117 He keeps giving me head and feeding me delicious food. 211 00:10:50,183 --> 00:10:53,754 - Oh, that sounds terrible. - No, but he's full of excuses. 212 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:56,323 "They're spraying for roaches in my apartment." 213 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,657 "There's a sinkhole on my block." 214 00:10:57,725 --> 00:10:59,392 Maybe there is a sinkhole on his block. 215 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:01,461 No, he is a hobosexual. 216 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:04,397 Well, your hobosexual can put me at the Underground 217 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:05,598 the night of the Russian. 218 00:11:05,733 --> 00:11:07,534 Okay? So maybe we keep our friends close 219 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,202 and our witnesses closer. 220 00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:10,771 He hasn't said anything about it. 221 00:11:10,838 --> 00:11:12,239 Can you try not to piss this guy off 222 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:14,007 before I can figure out what to do about the police? 223 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,209 What are you going to do about the police? 224 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:18,078 DIARRA: There was only one thing I could do. 225 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:21,181 - Hello. - Solve the fucking case. 226 00:11:21,481 --> 00:11:25,252 I'm going to figure out how to give them Zervas. 227 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:26,754 This is too much. 228 00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:28,121 [bell rings] 229 00:11:31,158 --> 00:11:35,128 [indistinct chatter, laughter] 230 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:37,664 [tires screech] 231 00:11:37,765 --> 00:11:40,433 [dramatic music] 232 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:43,270 Hi. What the hell? 233 00:11:44,571 --> 00:11:45,906 - Help! - Shut up! 234 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,808 [On videogame] Finish her. 235 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:49,810 [inaudible] 236 00:11:49,877 --> 00:11:51,411 * * 237 00:11:51,478 --> 00:11:53,546 You suck. 238 00:11:56,516 --> 00:11:59,319 This is very unnecessary. Can somebody please explain...? 239 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:02,655 Turns out getting to Zervas wasn't hard. 240 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:04,591 The fuck? 241 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:06,659 [suspenseful music] 242 00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:09,963 That's the original Mr. Greek. 243 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:12,699 I was just a snot-nosed kid washing dishes 244 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:13,967 when I started here. 245 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,670 Pop Pop's gonna talk to the lady. Okay? 246 00:12:17,805 --> 00:12:20,207 You want some ice cream? 247 00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:22,042 All right. Joe, get my boy some ice cream, will you? 248 00:12:22,109 --> 00:12:23,310 Go ahead. 249 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:29,416 * * 250 00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:40,193 Stop me if you've heard this. All right? 251 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,030 About three decades ago, this cop, 252 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,332 he gets a swollen hard-on for me. 253 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,034 Makes it his mission to cap me 254 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,502 for this Black kid went missing... 255 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:51,038 They never find the kid. 256 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:54,374 I never heard shit about it again until two months ago. 257 00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:57,210 Out of the clear blue, this guy shows up. 258 00:12:57,277 --> 00:13:00,047 He's got a lot of ideas about me and this fucking Black kid. 259 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,849 Is there a reason you keep making a point 260 00:13:01,849 --> 00:13:03,083 of him being Black? 261 00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:04,885 He wants money, which I'm not going to do. 262 00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:06,987 I work very hard for my dough. 263 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:10,891 He's not going to leave it alone. He's not the type. 264 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:14,494 - And then, presto, he vanishes. - How convenient for you. 265 00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:17,364 Here's the wrinkle. 266 00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:21,101 Someone else shows up to this guy's shakedown. 267 00:13:24,337 --> 00:13:25,505 A school teacher. 268 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:27,407 You know what I think? 269 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,542 Handsome man comes to town, 270 00:13:29,609 --> 00:13:32,112 charms a little school teacher, right? 271 00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:34,882 He makes love to her, shows her a good time. 272 00:13:34,882 --> 00:13:37,885 She doesn't suspect he's a con man. 273 00:13:37,918 --> 00:13:39,219 I couldn't believe the Greek mob 274 00:13:39,286 --> 00:13:41,955 had such a stellar research department. 275 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:43,456 Here's an alt version. 276 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:46,994 Mob guy smuggling drugs through a pizza and gyro shop? 277 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:50,163 I'm sorry, I can never remember. What is the pronunciation? 278 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:53,400 Is it "guy-ro" or "jy-ro"? 279 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,569 It's "Ero". Okay. "Ear" and "row." 280 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,705 "Ero." Thank you. Got it. 281 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:02,009 Mob guy smuggling drugs through an "Ero" shop. 282 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,743 Kidnaps child witness. 283 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:07,547 Years later, he sends a hitman to clean up his mess. 284 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:11,952 A hitman whose phone only caught this place. 285 00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:13,053 [line trilling] 286 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,554 MAN: Mr. Greek's. 287 00:14:14,621 --> 00:14:17,057 I knew immediately I shouldn't have said that. 288 00:14:17,124 --> 00:14:18,458 I got smug. 289 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,127 You're not going to drag me through this crap again. 290 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,462 I already pissed off my wife once about the titty bar. 291 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:23,630 Well, it's nice to know 292 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:25,132 who you think the real victim is. 293 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:28,068 Look, I may be an asshole, but that don't change the facts. 294 00:14:28,135 --> 00:14:29,937 I was nowhere near that kidnapping. 295 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:32,239 I was at Eden's Strip Club the whole time. 296 00:14:32,305 --> 00:14:34,307 [door closes] 297 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,943 What'd they give you? That's cookie dough. 298 00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:37,277 My favorite. Smart man. 299 00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:39,246 DIARRA: I so badly wanted to tell this kid 300 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:41,248 that Pop Pop was a piece of shit. 301 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,116 I want us to be friends, Teach. 302 00:14:43,183 --> 00:14:45,485 Friends take care of each other. Right? 303 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:47,187 My friends bring me gifts, even. 304 00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:49,957 My love language is more physical touch. 305 00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:51,391 Words of affirmation. 306 00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:54,194 It's a good idea to keep this light and breezy, right? 307 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:57,064 Which is why you're still with us. 308 00:14:57,130 --> 00:15:01,434 That, and your hotshot soon-to-be-ex golfs 309 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:04,871 with some very important people at Palmer Woods. 310 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:10,377 Opa! 311 00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,045 You have until Friday to show me 312 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:13,713 you want to be my friend, 313 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,382 or something else entirely. 314 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:17,684 Opa! 315 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,086 I wasn't sure if he wanted 316 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:21,989 the Russian's phone or Chris' location. 317 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:23,656 I didn't have either. 318 00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:26,994 So I followed Lincoln's advice: 319 00:15:26,994 --> 00:15:29,196 "Better to be silent and be thought a fool 320 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,231 than speak and remove all doubt." 321 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:33,100 Three nights, Teach. Three nights. 322 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,702 Are you going to call me a fucking Uber? 323 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:40,040 Swa's was the only number I had memorized. 324 00:15:40,107 --> 00:15:43,210 He picked me up seconds before I turned into an icicle, 325 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,445 - and I was grateful. - You have no law enforcement 326 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:47,580 training and you have no experience in any of that shit. 327 00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:49,049 So what? You don't need that 328 00:15:49,116 --> 00:15:50,717 to become a PI in the state of Michigan. 329 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:54,087 - But you can't be a felon. - What? Nobody regulates that. 330 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:55,622 Yes, they do. What do you...? 331 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,190 You should have called me 332 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:58,891 the minute that you got in over your head. 333 00:15:59,026 --> 00:16:02,129 [sighs] They didn't take anything. 334 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:06,566 - I was worried about you, okay? - Really? 335 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,568 So how come you're not off somewhere 336 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,103 worried about Miss Mychelle? 337 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:12,172 'Cause Mychelle wasn't in a sex club. How about that? 338 00:16:12,239 --> 00:16:14,407 Look, I'm celebrating my divorce, okay? 339 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,110 I'm fresh on the market. I want to see what the kids are into. 340 00:16:17,177 --> 00:16:20,547 Turns out it's kink, and I like it. 341 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,582 - Who were you with? - Who's asking? 342 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:24,884 My husband or my lawyer? 343 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:27,354 Your lawyer. Your lawyer is asking. Okay? 344 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:30,057 'Cause this detective that's on you, he's a good cop. 345 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:32,059 He's relentless. He's no joke. 346 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,793 So there's nothing else that connects you 347 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:36,396 to the club the night of the shooting? 348 00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:40,233 * * 349 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:43,403 MAN: Yo, these niggas out here shooting at the Underground. 350 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:46,539 * * 351 00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:48,208 - No. - Okay, good. 352 00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:50,243 I can figure out how to fix this. 353 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:54,081 But, in the meantime, you need to come home. 354 00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:58,085 [dramatic music] 355 00:17:06,593 --> 00:17:07,627 Who's asking? 356 00:17:09,196 --> 00:17:10,530 My husband or my lawyer? 357 00:17:10,597 --> 00:17:12,932 - I don't want to fight. - No, I... 358 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:16,002 You never want to fight. 359 00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:17,937 - Not for me. - All we do is fight. 360 00:17:18,004 --> 00:17:20,840 You debate, you criticize, you control. 361 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:23,110 And the difference is what? 362 00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:26,979 Heart. 363 00:17:27,114 --> 00:17:30,717 [tense music] 364 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:32,652 Think about what I said. 365 00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:44,264 But then I did just that. 366 00:17:44,331 --> 00:17:47,134 Listen to me, please. I wasn't cheating. 367 00:17:47,134 --> 00:17:48,835 I didn't start seeing Francois until after 368 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,303 you two were separated. 369 00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:02,149 He was here the whole time. 370 00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:04,617 Yep. The whole time. 371 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:07,820 And I realized they got their story straight. 372 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:11,291 Those lying bitches. 373 00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:13,025 Yes. Yes. 374 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,595 Holstein. I am on the verge of something that is going 375 00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:18,765 to reopen the Deonte Brooks case and probably prove 376 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:20,233 that the Russian's killer was involved. 377 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,901 So, bam. Call me back. 378 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,070 This is Diarra. Brickland. 379 00:18:24,171 --> 00:18:25,672 This plan is nuts. 380 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:28,175 It may be, but the strippers hold the key 381 00:18:28,175 --> 00:18:30,543 to Zerva's alibi in '95. Here. 382 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,180 Just read their highlighted statements, please. 383 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:35,848 Hmm. Okay. Um... 384 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:39,686 - "He was here the whole time"? - With passion. 385 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:42,855 "Zervas was here to whole time." 386 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:45,192 Zervas was there the whole time. And... 387 00:18:45,225 --> 00:18:46,326 When a group of students 388 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,461 all had the exact same wrong answer... 389 00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:49,996 - They cheated. - They cheated. 390 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:51,398 - Let me see this. - Same can be said 391 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:53,266 for ex-husbands and their skanky girlfriends. 392 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:55,067 Whoa. Okay. What is your point? 393 00:18:55,202 --> 00:18:57,504 My point is the strippers got their story straight. 394 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:00,373 We need to talk to them. 395 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:04,211 Wait, half these strippers probably in jail or dead. 396 00:19:04,277 --> 00:19:06,646 WANDREEKA: My uncle once disappeared for six months. 397 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:09,682 He came back married to a stripper on disability. 398 00:19:09,749 --> 00:19:12,719 - Tea, that is very judgmental. - Yeah. 399 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:14,221 Some of them could have been stripping 400 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:15,422 their way through law school. 401 00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:16,856 - Yeah. - I doubt it. 402 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,691 - What? - What's the life expectancy 403 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:19,892 - of a stripper? - Ask your mama. 404 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:21,027 What are you doing now? 405 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:23,663 I need to call Wandreeka's uncle. 406 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,698 He's run through half the strippers in the D. 407 00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,500 We had a nice heart-to-heart about it 408 00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:29,602 during his parent/teacher conference, I think. 409 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:30,837 Fuck y'all be talking about 410 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:32,071 during your parent/teacher conferences? 411 00:19:32,138 --> 00:19:33,773 - So much. - Okay, let's say 412 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,442 we track them down. And then what? 413 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:37,710 We ain't breaking that glitter wall of silence. 414 00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:38,911 Strippers don't talk. 415 00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:41,248 Monique, that was 30 years ago. 416 00:19:41,248 --> 00:19:43,416 By now, they've forgotten to remember to lie. 417 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:46,286 Plus, Marshall's dumb ass walked in there with a badge. 418 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:49,256 - We not doing that. - Because we don't have badges. 419 00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:55,295 * * 420 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,730 - Oh, hi. DIARRA: Wandreeka's uncle 421 00:19:57,797 --> 00:20:00,267 hadn't seen Flora's sexy ass in years, 422 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:01,734 but he had a beat on Cinnamon 423 00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:04,937 and her "big missiles" working down at the DMV. 424 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:08,941 Rolexxx had a job at Target. 425 00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:11,611 And Miss Ebony Poles was a paralegal now. 426 00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:14,847 She really was stripping to pay her way through law school. 427 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:17,584 - Fuck! - I loved that for her. 428 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:19,419 [all cheering] 429 00:20:19,486 --> 00:20:23,290 The Detroit Flamingos of Eden's Ethiopia 430 00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:27,560 may be the most beloved exotic dancers in all of the Midwest. 431 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:29,629 The Flamingos were legends. 432 00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:33,165 But one thing they never got was a voice. 433 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:34,767 Pretty good. 434 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:36,836 Hey, they gonna have to stop twerking 435 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,371 if they want me to do their hair. 436 00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:40,607 How do you get me to do shit like this? 437 00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:42,575 Because you love me. 438 00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:45,044 Also, you said you wanted to give back to the community. 439 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:47,314 - These hoes are the community. - Not these hoes. 440 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:48,448 Shh! 441 00:20:48,515 --> 00:20:50,149 [indistinct chatter] 442 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:51,684 DIARRA: I told them we were making 443 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:53,119 a documentary on strippers 444 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:55,622 as the keepers of Detroit's oral history. 445 00:20:55,688 --> 00:20:57,123 "Griots on the Fringe." 446 00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:58,825 "Ample Bottoms," take one. 447 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:01,361 I had to throw in glam, but people start talking 448 00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:03,062 when you put a camera in their face. 449 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:05,131 Okay, ladies, just your name... 450 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:07,233 Oh, yes, it's Cinnamon, spelled the regular way. 451 00:21:07,334 --> 00:21:08,368 - I'm Rolexxx. - These women 452 00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:09,869 had stories on stories. 453 00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:12,038 Stripping used to be a contact sport. 454 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,975 Now, any hoe with a ring light and Wi-fi can get rich. 455 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:18,445 Yeah, we walked so these hoes could fly. 456 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:19,879 - Ooh. - Say that. 457 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:23,416 Back in the '90s, when those factory dudes was flush... 458 00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:26,386 DIARRA: But there was only one story I really cared about. 459 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:28,455 The day Deonte went missing. 460 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:31,157 I knew they'd remember that day in detail. 461 00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,225 Shit, everybody did. 462 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,463 Okay, let's talk about the day of the OJ verdict. 463 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:40,367 ALL: Oh, yes! [laughter] 464 00:21:40,367 --> 00:21:41,734 Wait, okay, okay. 465 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:45,271 Watching the verdict live was all me and Flora's idea. 466 00:21:45,372 --> 00:21:47,574 - It was Flora's idea. - Mm-hmm. 467 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,142 - Okay. These haters... - Flora was a sweetheart. 468 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:51,878 She was. She was. 469 00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:54,947 And back then, she went by Wet and Wild. 470 00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:56,816 And where is Miss Wet and Wild now? 471 00:21:56,883 --> 00:21:58,651 She'd been out the business for a while. 472 00:21:58,718 --> 00:22:00,520 Ain't nobody seen her in years. 473 00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:02,021 - She was smart, though. - Yes. 474 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:03,856 Flora knew the verdict was coming out, 475 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:06,192 so she asked Corn if we could dance that day. 476 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:09,161 - Normally, we would never. - Oh. 477 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:11,698 Day shift was for second-tier bitches. 478 00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:15,402 - I heard that. ALL: * Second-tier bitches * 479 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:19,105 And, look, if the verdict came out guilty, 480 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:21,841 then we knew folks were going to need cheering up. 481 00:22:21,908 --> 00:22:23,876 But now, if the juice got loose. 482 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:29,416 Oh, shit. It was about to be a party up in there. 483 00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:32,051 Now, it's like, "OJ who?" 484 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:35,722 He could be sitting right there and I wouldn't say shit to him. 485 00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:38,725 - Yeah, I'd turn the other way. - Man, fuck OJ. 486 00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,260 But that day, he represented victory. 487 00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:44,597 - Uh-huh. - We all felt like Americans. 488 00:22:44,664 --> 00:22:47,567 - Black joy on ten, you feel me? - Up here. 489 00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:49,902 There wasn't any white people there fucking up the vibe. 490 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:52,304 Not during the verdict. 491 00:22:52,439 --> 00:22:53,440 Or, wait, wait, wait, wait. 492 00:22:53,506 --> 00:22:55,107 Oh, yes, yes, yes. The Greek guy. 493 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:56,275 Oh, yeah, right. 494 00:22:56,342 --> 00:22:57,610 But he came through after, though. 495 00:22:57,677 --> 00:23:00,012 He wasn't a fan of the legal system neither. 496 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,215 So you're sure the Greek guy was there? 497 00:23:03,282 --> 00:23:06,218 Yeah, I gave him a dance before the show. 498 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:08,120 Oh, and I seen him when I got off. 499 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,956 He was arguing with Cornelius. 500 00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:11,958 He always liked to tie up the phone. 501 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:13,793 Okay, so wait a minute, 502 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:16,863 you're sure he was there at the beginning of the show 503 00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:20,467 and at the end, but nobody saw him in between? 504 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:23,470 - Uh-uh. - Uh-uh. 505 00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:26,873 And just like that, I had done what Marshall couldn't. 506 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:30,777 Gotten the Flamingos to blow a hole in Zerva's alibi. 507 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:36,516 * * 508 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:39,719 - Wow. - Oh, man. 509 00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,821 What the fuck is this? 510 00:23:41,888 --> 00:23:43,389 Is this the right spot? 511 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:45,692 See, I am so glad that I brought my toilet seat covers in here. 512 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,494 Come on. 513 00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:50,162 - Is she okay? - Give me some singles. 514 00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:54,834 Oh, I'm good. Um... 515 00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:58,070 You know what, actually, I'll pay you to stop. I will. 516 00:23:58,137 --> 00:24:00,339 - Hold on. - It's still going. 517 00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:03,943 Okay. Zervas leaves this exciting locale 518 00:24:04,010 --> 00:24:05,244 during the first dance. 519 00:24:05,311 --> 00:24:08,648 He has 44 minutes. That's the showtime. 520 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:10,783 Plus the ten minutes they play to the verdict. 521 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:12,519 He gets in his car. 522 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:13,753 [indistinct chatter] 523 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:15,154 Wait, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. 524 00:24:15,221 --> 00:24:16,255 Why you get to drive? 525 00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,590 'Cause I'm a professional. 526 00:24:17,657 --> 00:24:19,225 You're a professional bus driver. 527 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,127 And I'm a professional whoop-your-ass if you don't go 528 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,162 to the other side of that car. 529 00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:26,298 DIARRA: He drives straight to Northview Mall. 530 00:24:26,365 --> 00:24:29,435 Northview? Didn't they tear down that ghetto ass mall? 531 00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:30,970 - Shit. - Shit! 532 00:24:31,037 --> 00:24:34,173 Okay, listen. 21 minutes, 43 seconds. 533 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,276 I told you, I'm fucking nice with it. 534 00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:39,278 We still got to snatch a motherfucking kid. 535 00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:40,880 Okay. Right, right. 536 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,150 DIARRA: He walks into the mall... 537 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,952 - Why the sugar? - 'Cause he's white. 538 00:24:46,018 --> 00:24:48,020 - He checks the package. - And everything's cool? 539 00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:51,958 - Everything's cool. - Then Deonte wanders in. 540 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,994 I'm here, and I see Deonte, okay? 541 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:56,896 "Oh, hell no. You know too much." 542 00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,164 And you get on him. 543 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,099 Yeah. "Come here, little nigga. Come here." 544 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,869 Wait, wait. I'm white, and I wouldn't say nigga, 545 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:06,172 but then again, it is the '90s, so maybe I would. 546 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:08,575 - Yeah, I would, I would-- - Tick tock. Tick tock. 547 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,242 Okay. "Come here, little nigga. 548 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:13,112 Come here. Yeah, you get in this car. Get in this car." 549 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:15,347 Wait, wait. I'm supposed to take you. 550 00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:20,419 Okay, so why would he go back here... 551 00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:21,754 if he's already been through that? 552 00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:24,591 - That's what I want to know. - Hmm. 553 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:29,295 Deonte's in the trunk. He needs an alibi. 554 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:32,999 * * 555 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,602 Do we make it? 556 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:37,503 Zervas had time! 557 00:25:37,604 --> 00:25:40,807 [all cheer] 558 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,875 DIARRA: Breaking his alibi, man, I'd go back 559 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:45,978 to that second meeting armed with leverage. 560 00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:48,748 So do you really think it's that simple? 561 00:25:48,815 --> 00:25:50,449 What, Zervas gets locked up 562 00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:52,118 and then Deonte just comes out of hiding? 563 00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:55,121 Well, he called me for a reason. I must be on his radar. 564 00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:56,789 Ooh. 565 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:59,892 So what do you think he's going to say when he finds out 566 00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,995 you fucking your robbing-ass neighbor? 567 00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:05,464 - No. No, no, no, no. - Come on, now. 568 00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:12,504 [hums] 569 00:26:12,639 --> 00:26:15,642 [knocking on door] 570 00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:23,650 [dramatic music] 571 00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:29,689 * * 572 00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:38,097 [clears throat] How'd you find me? 573 00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:43,002 Your man Roman said you've been shacked up here a few days. 574 00:26:44,671 --> 00:26:46,806 Tank dead. 575 00:26:46,873 --> 00:26:48,374 He not answering his phone, 576 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,177 and none of the Woodward Boys have seen him. 577 00:26:57,116 --> 00:27:00,252 The Greeks is walking back a 30-year truce. 578 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:02,922 Only folks I can trust now is family. 579 00:27:13,399 --> 00:27:17,203 Kinda sharp for a fuck toy, ain't it? 580 00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:23,710 I'm serious, Kelvin. 581 00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:26,245 I need to know if we still family. 582 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:34,620 I am not fucking my robbing-ass neighbor. 583 00:27:34,721 --> 00:27:36,388 You cheating on Milk Carton Boy? 584 00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:39,859 No, I'm not. Aja, defend me. 585 00:27:39,926 --> 00:27:42,228 I--I'm gonna have to agree with this woman for a change 586 00:27:42,294 --> 00:27:43,262 right here, friend. 587 00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:44,731 [indistinct chatter, laughter] 588 00:27:44,731 --> 00:27:47,133 First off, you have Milk Carton Boy. 589 00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:49,769 You have your neighbor, and you still married to Swa. 590 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:52,939 She said a fucking triangle. Give me a love rectangle. 591 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:56,776 Love rectangle. That's my stripper name. 592 00:27:56,843 --> 00:27:58,745 Oh. Mine is Miss Shea Butter. 593 00:27:58,745 --> 00:28:01,180 Thunderdome. 594 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:02,949 Aja. 595 00:28:03,916 --> 00:28:05,451 - Okay. - Okay, sure. 596 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:08,554 [indistinct chatter] 597 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:10,757 * * 598 00:28:10,823 --> 00:28:13,225 DIARRA: Maybe being naked was contagious, 599 00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:14,794 because after a couple of drinks, 600 00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:16,462 everyone was laid bare. 601 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:19,665 This Lion is making me horny as shit. 602 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:22,769 I don't think I'm gonna make it, y'all. 603 00:28:22,802 --> 00:28:24,270 We are going to have to break up, 604 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:25,671 in the sweet name of Jesus. 605 00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:27,974 Well, may I remind you, Pastor Thirstrap, 606 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,977 that you have fallen off the celibacy bandwagon before. 607 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:32,644 - Ut... - Ut? 608 00:28:32,779 --> 00:28:33,880 - I rebuke that. - Uh-huh. 609 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:35,815 That was then. 610 00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:39,285 Now I have affirmations. I have a prayer plan. 611 00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:41,687 Well, I hope you have a plan B, 612 00:28:41,788 --> 00:28:43,990 because with your track record... 613 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,792 Damn. 614 00:28:45,858 --> 00:28:47,059 They can't see you coming. 615 00:28:47,126 --> 00:28:48,527 [laughter] 616 00:28:48,594 --> 00:28:50,830 Fuck all y'all. 617 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:54,600 This dude is overshadowing all of my hard work. 618 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:57,636 Okay, well, at least KeyShawn accepted you were boss. 619 00:28:57,703 --> 00:28:59,638 I mean, Roman is pissed that I do 620 00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:01,340 anything that don't chain me to the house. 621 00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:04,143 Oh, you mean like fight crime? He might have a point, friend. 622 00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:06,813 Okay, look, I gave him the best titties of my life 623 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:09,248 before Roman just sucked them into sadness. 624 00:29:09,315 --> 00:29:11,083 Wait, your husband sucked your titties into sadness? 625 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:13,920 No, no, not that Roman. Roman Jr., my son. 626 00:29:13,986 --> 00:29:16,422 I'm just saying, like, I want something for me. 627 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:19,358 And what I need is for crazy-ass Moni 628 00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:20,827 to bring her crazy ass 629 00:29:20,827 --> 00:29:23,896 to my house and evict this squatter. 630 00:29:23,963 --> 00:29:25,297 It's okay. Fall in love, Tea. 631 00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:27,099 You can do it. Just fall in love. 632 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:30,402 - Being gay is not romantic. - What? 633 00:29:30,469 --> 00:29:32,704 - Especially in the D. - Okay, so why don't you 634 00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:33,840 just move then, friend? 635 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,108 Because New York is fucking dirty 636 00:29:36,175 --> 00:29:40,847 and LA is too fucking white, and Atlanta is too fucking gay. 637 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,081 That's true. 638 00:29:42,148 --> 00:29:44,984 Yeah, I'm a nigga from the D. Period. 639 00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:47,854 And as soon as you're in the clear with the cops, 640 00:29:47,854 --> 00:29:49,288 I'm evicting this bum. 641 00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:52,091 Well, I'm evicting my negroes too. 642 00:29:52,158 --> 00:29:54,593 - Fuck these niggas. - To us. 643 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,661 - To us. - To us. 644 00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:57,429 [indistinct chatter] 645 00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:59,298 DIARRA: And I almost meant it. 646 00:29:59,365 --> 00:30:03,469 There were a few things I didn't tell my friends that night. 647 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:08,540 I was not evicting this dude. Danger and I weren't smashing. 648 00:30:08,607 --> 00:30:13,145 But what was happening wasn't exactly platonic. 649 00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:15,747 Ready? 650 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:19,085 [soul song playing] 651 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,231 * * 652 00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:38,237 So this nigga had been giving me... massages. 653 00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:41,573 * * 654 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,111 [exhales] 655 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,550 [moans] 656 00:30:51,617 --> 00:30:54,053 * * 657 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,189 [doorbell rings] 658 00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,938 [doorbell continues ringing] 659 00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:14,673 Who's there? 660 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:18,344 SWA: Dee, it's me. Come on. Dee. 661 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:25,117 Hey. I'll just say you got yourself a damn good lawyer. 662 00:31:25,184 --> 00:31:27,954 I backed Holstein off, so if he even thinks 663 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:30,156 about calling you, you have to call me first. 664 00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:33,192 But whatever it is that you're doing, stop. 665 00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:35,962 I couldn't stop, police backing down or not. 666 00:31:36,028 --> 00:31:38,197 I still had an impending date with the mob. 667 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:40,432 Okay, so we ain't got no, "I hear you, Swa. 668 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:43,369 You're right, Swa. I got us, Swa." 669 00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:46,072 Thank you. Yes, thank you. 670 00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:48,607 Thank you so much for talking to Holstein. 671 00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:51,510 I was... Poof. I was freaking out. 672 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:55,281 [mumbles] You know I like to fix things. 673 00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:58,617 I know. 674 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:04,156 Yeah. 675 00:32:04,223 --> 00:32:05,457 Listen, I know you think 676 00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:07,994 that you're some type of budding detective 677 00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:10,096 or some type of body language expert or some shit, 678 00:32:10,162 --> 00:32:15,167 but, I have to tell you, you have no clue what you're doing. 679 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:16,702 MYCHELLE: I'm not happy about it. 680 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:19,005 But I get it. You're still married. 681 00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:22,774 And it's complicated. Timing's a bitch. 682 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:24,176 Guess we won't make it to our three month anniversary 683 00:32:24,243 --> 00:32:26,812 after all. 684 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:30,016 I, uh... guess I wish you guys luck. 685 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,051 Three months. 686 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:36,788 I told you I wasn't cheating. You gonna say something? 687 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:37,923 [creaking] 688 00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:49,701 I got it. 689 00:32:57,376 --> 00:32:58,810 You doing good down there, Dee? 690 00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:01,047 Yeah, yeah. I'm good. 691 00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:04,550 If I was wrong about Swa cheating, 692 00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:08,054 then I missed something else entirely in my marriage. 693 00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:10,289 Something big. 694 00:33:10,356 --> 00:33:13,459 Maybe I was missing something big here, too. 695 00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:20,232 * * 696 00:33:20,299 --> 00:33:22,534 - Felt like Americans. - Ah. 697 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:25,737 And we could be as happy as we wanted to be. 698 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:27,339 That's right. 699 00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:30,609 Black joy on ten. You feel me? 700 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:33,079 DIARRA: Let's talk about the day of the OJ verdict. 701 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:36,082 [all cheering] 702 00:33:36,082 --> 00:33:38,317 Stripping used to be a contact sport. 703 00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:40,586 - That's right. - You had regulars. 704 00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:43,755 You knew what they liked. You even knew their kids' names. 705 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:47,693 One of my regulars always made sure I got to my car okay. 706 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:51,097 A gentleman. He ended up shooting somebody at a Best Buy, 707 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:53,099 but that was very out of character for him. 708 00:33:53,099 --> 00:33:59,105 * * 709 00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:03,008 All the dope boys came in there smelling like Cool Water. 710 00:34:03,109 --> 00:34:06,345 Watching the verdict live with all me and Flora's ID. 711 00:34:06,412 --> 00:34:08,347 - It was Flora's ID. - Uh-huh. 712 00:34:08,414 --> 00:34:10,616 She had on this pink feather number. 713 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,784 She went by Wet and Wild. 714 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:15,687 [cheering] 715 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,790 Foreman said "not guilty," and you would have thought it meant 716 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:21,460 they was about to free every nigga from here to Kingdom... 717 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:23,129 [laughter] 718 00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:27,299 Wet and Wild up on stage, screaming, "We won. We won!" 719 00:34:27,366 --> 00:34:29,535 [laughter] 720 00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:32,871 Rolexxx and Flora was hugging and crying. 721 00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:36,542 Man, that was the first time I seen us beat the system. 722 00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:38,810 I'll never fucking forget it. 723 00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:42,314 [dramatic music] 724 00:34:42,381 --> 00:34:48,287 * * 725 00:34:58,397 --> 00:34:59,798 DIARRA: Sometimes it's the things 726 00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:02,401 people don't say that are way more important 727 00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:04,170 than the things they do. 728 00:35:04,203 --> 00:35:07,806 There is a lot to be said for the unsaid. 729 00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:09,608 [sighs] 730 00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:13,312 Where the fuck is Ebony? 731 00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:19,418 * * 732 00:35:27,393 --> 00:35:29,461 Girl, I can't tell whose wings I like better. 733 00:35:29,528 --> 00:35:31,297 Either MoFo's or Sweet Waters. 734 00:35:31,363 --> 00:35:34,600 - Sweet Waters. - I'm going to let you decide. 735 00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:37,203 Thank you for coming by. I just had one more question 736 00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:40,572 I wanted to follow up about the day of the verdict. 737 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:44,310 You weren't out on the floor that day. Why is that? 738 00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:45,677 Of course I was. 739 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:47,413 Ebony, the other ladies, 740 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,282 they recall every little detail about that day. 741 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:53,084 Cinnamon remembers what she had for lunch. 742 00:35:53,219 --> 00:35:57,356 A Coney dog with chili cheese and fries and a Faygo red pop. 743 00:35:57,423 --> 00:36:01,893 Only thing they don't seem to mention is you. 744 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,929 And you know what I think? 745 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,497 I think it's because your ass wasn't out there. 746 00:36:05,564 --> 00:36:06,532 But that's just me. 747 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:07,899 Why are you going into all this? 748 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,969 Because I am so close to finding Deonte Brooks. 749 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:12,404 Deonte Brooks? 750 00:36:12,471 --> 00:36:14,273 You mean that boy that got snatched up in Northview? 751 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:17,543 Zervas did it. I know that. 752 00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:22,248 The only thing I don't know is why you're lying to protect him. 753 00:36:22,248 --> 00:36:24,082 Wasn't Zervas. 754 00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:27,052 Uh, girl, wake up. Yes, it was. 755 00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:29,255 Zervas was security for the Greeks, all right? 756 00:36:29,288 --> 00:36:30,456 If something needed to be handled 757 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:32,724 back in '95, he handled it. 758 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:36,295 When the verdict came down, I was giving him a hand job. 759 00:36:38,464 --> 00:36:40,031 With my mouth. 760 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:43,835 The girls weren't about to snitch. 761 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:45,537 Was against the rules. 762 00:36:45,604 --> 00:36:49,975 Okay, first of all, that's not how a hand job works. 763 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:54,346 Second of all, maybe you're misremembering it. 764 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,748 Maybe he snuck out or went to the bathroom. 765 00:36:56,815 --> 00:37:00,286 No, no. We were back there a long time. 766 00:37:00,352 --> 00:37:01,787 How long was y'all back there? 767 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:05,991 He couldn't come. And we kept getting interrupted. 768 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:09,895 His beeper was going crazy, and he made a lot of calls. 769 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:12,631 - Calls to who? - Trouble at the plant. 770 00:37:12,698 --> 00:37:16,902 Some guy was talking strike, and Zervas wanted to hurt him. 771 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:19,938 - Kill him, I think. - Wait a minute. 772 00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:22,741 Why would Zervas even care about trouble 773 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:25,544 - at some damn plant? - You know the D. 774 00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:27,513 The mob controlled the union, 775 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:30,349 and this whistleblower was trying to change all that. 776 00:37:30,416 --> 00:37:32,318 A strike would have shut down the plant. 777 00:37:32,384 --> 00:37:35,321 DIARRA: The PKR plant is the best bet for a rendezvous. 778 00:37:35,387 --> 00:37:37,222 What about his dad? Where was he? 779 00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:38,557 Working a double shift at the plant. 780 00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:40,326 30 men on the line to vouch for him. 781 00:37:40,326 --> 00:37:41,960 Your husband sucked your titties into sadness? 782 00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:44,530 No, no. Not that Roman. Roman Jr., my son. 783 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:48,334 - Deonte Brooks. VONDA: Deonte James Brooks. 784 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,135 DIARRA: And it hit me like a bat. 785 00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:54,673 They kidnapped the wrong fucking Deonte. 786 00:37:55,541 --> 00:38:01,580 * * 787 00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:09,054 Oh, well. Well, well. 788 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,357 Guess we've decided to be friends, uh? 789 00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:16,528 Have a seat. 790 00:38:23,569 --> 00:38:25,671 To friends. 791 00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:29,808 I don't have what you want. 792 00:38:29,875 --> 00:38:32,844 The Russian's phone was at the bottom of the Detroit River. 793 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:36,582 I got rid of it. Oh, and guess what I figured out. 794 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:39,851 You actually were at Eden's the whole time. 795 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,854 You weren't even interested in that kid. 796 00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:44,055 You were looking for Senior. 797 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,397 - What would I want with him? - Oof. 798 00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:54,199 Deonte Senior had a lot of friends. 799 00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:58,169 And when he talked strike, well, people listened. 800 00:38:58,236 --> 00:39:00,839 So the plan was to shut him up. 801 00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:04,410 But some dumb-ass henchman took Deonte Jr 802 00:39:04,476 --> 00:39:07,946 instead of senior, which y'all have a GED 803 00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:09,448 requirement at the Greek mob, 804 00:39:09,515 --> 00:39:12,484 'cause damn, that's some dumb shit. 805 00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:15,086 But anyway, didn't matter to you. 806 00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:17,122 You got what you wanted, right? 807 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,091 Senior was so bereft, he climbed into a bottle. 808 00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:22,193 Strike never happened. 809 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,763 And OG Mr. Greek fast-tracks you. 810 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:28,600 - America. - You're delusional. 811 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:31,437 I think Chris picked PKR on purpose 812 00:39:31,503 --> 00:39:33,572 for his little rendezvous point. 813 00:39:33,639 --> 00:39:37,175 See, his father was jeopardizing the mob's cash cow, 814 00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:39,945 and that is how all of this shit got started. 815 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,448 I had stellar research too, bitch. 816 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:44,683 I had my 7th graders pull up all articles 817 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,485 about the plant during study hall. 818 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:48,186 So why am I listening to this? 819 00:39:48,253 --> 00:39:50,456 'Cause it involves your grandson. 820 00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:54,359 Careful, Teach. 821 00:39:54,460 --> 00:39:56,027 You're going to leave here to the meat grinder. 822 00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:58,029 That wouldn't change the email I've already got 823 00:39:58,096 --> 00:39:59,998 scheduled to Child Protective Services. 824 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:02,300 And me and Miss Juanita over there, 825 00:40:02,468 --> 00:40:05,136 I swear to God, we are like this, Zervas. 826 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:07,405 I've outlined your entire history 827 00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:08,940 of abuse towards children. 828 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:11,877 Now, listen, they might clear you, 829 00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:14,980 but once they start digging, ooh, 830 00:40:15,046 --> 00:40:17,048 you could be tied up for years in court, 831 00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:19,985 unable to see the little man. Mm. 832 00:40:20,051 --> 00:40:22,020 That's a damn shame, isn't it? 833 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:24,656 When children become collateral damage? 834 00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:27,392 - So what do you want? - I want to know everything. 835 00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:30,562 Who were you talking to that day at Eden's, huh? 836 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:31,830 Who's calling the shots? 837 00:40:33,398 --> 00:40:36,134 [clears throat] 838 00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:39,204 Come on, let's go. Spit it out, Zervas. 839 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:40,706 Guess what they say is true. 840 00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:43,775 You want something done right, you got to do it. 841 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,877 Who was on the goddamn phone? 842 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:50,081 Chief. [clears throat] Chief needed a favor, so. 843 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:55,086 [clears throat] 844 00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:58,389 You all right? You want some water? 845 00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:01,059 [clears throat, gasps for air] 846 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:03,629 [dramatic music] 847 00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:07,032 [groans] 848 00:41:13,071 --> 00:41:16,341 [dramatic music] 849 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:19,711 * * 850 00:41:22,948 --> 00:41:23,882 [indistinct murmuring] 851 00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:27,318 * * 852 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:29,354 It wasn't an asterisk. 853 00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:32,658 Marshall's partner was drawing a spider. 854 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:38,764 * * 855 00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:40,966 [gasps] 856 00:41:41,032 --> 00:41:42,568 [car approaching] 857 00:41:42,568 --> 00:41:43,969 [gasps] 858 00:41:44,770 --> 00:41:46,071 [welps] 859 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:53,679 [sirens approaching] 860 00:41:53,745 --> 00:41:59,785 * * 861 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:21,039 * * 862 00:42:37,022 --> 00:42:39,490 - Mom! - Shh! Daddy's working.